The Sonnets contain a unique record of Shakespeare's experiences, which led him to become one of the world's greatest dramatist and poet. The interesting thing is that Shakespeare was taught why to write, how to write, when to write, and what to write about. According to the information provided in the Sonnets, at the beginning of his career, Shakespeare met his spiritual Guide. It was his Guide who pointed out to Shakespeare that he was wasting his time and talent on useless activities and meaningless writings. Then his Guide led Shakespeare through a sequence of experiences that allowed the poet to start to perceive the true value of his talent and the way in which his talent could be of use to a greater purpose. The Sonnets are a record of the interactions between the poet and his Guide. In other words, there are two voices in the Sonnets. First we hear the Guide who appeals to the poet's conscience by pointing out how wasteful his life and his writing are. Then we hear the poet's reaction to the Guide's appeal. What follows are exchanges of arguments between the two men. Then we witness how the poet's intuition and his perception gradually develop and expand. Although both the poet and his Guide are presented as young and handsome men, there is a distinct difference between them. The Guide speaks with authority and understanding; he is confident and his counsels follow a precise developmental methodology. The poet, on the other hand, is unsteady, immature, and moody; his reactions change quickly from highly enthusiastic to deeply depressed. The Sonnets, like Shakespeare's plays, form a coherent narrative. "How heavy do I journey on the way" elicits the narrative, which describes the sequence of experiences that led the poet to the development of his poetic inspiration.

How could the evolution of the human mind be described before Darwin's hypothesis was suggested? How could the functionality of mythological archetypes be illustrated before Jung's terminology was introduced? And how could the developmental effects of travelling into the past and the future be explained before Einstein's theory of relativity was proposed? Shakespeare used the symbolic language of his poetry to expose West European society to these ideas. It was going to take some time before these ideas would be digested, accepted, and implemented. The series "Shakespeare for the Seeker" explains the symbolic meaning of the plays. The plays' plots as well as their meanings may be fully understood only if one realizes that all the plays are interlinked. Together they form a narrative that describes the most recent episodes of human evolution. It is a fascinating story that illustrates how European civilization was designed, directed, and implemented. The series "Shakespeare for the Seeker" consists of four volumes. Volume 2 presents the analysis of "Pericles, Prince of Tyre," "Troilus and Cressida," "Timon of Athens," "The Comedy of Errors," and the French trilogy, i.e., "All's Well That Ends Well," "As You Like It," and "Love's Labour's Lost." It also includes an introduction to Shakespeare's Sonnets. No prior reading of the plays is needed to follow the presented analysis.

The inner design of Shakespeare plays is invisible to a merely rational mind or a speculative intellect. This is why the analysis presented here will be wholly unconvincing to those who claim logic as the highest principle. It will appear to be no more than a proof based on selected instances. It can be easily ridiculed, particularly if taken out of context. Shakespeare illustrated this kind of incomprehension as the reaction of the young lovers who ridiculed the performance of "Pyramus and Thisby" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Similarly, irritated Hamlet did not grasp the message contained in "The Murder of Gonzago" and as the result fell into his own mouse-trap. In other words, there is no rational or intellectual means to provide a proof of the interpretation of the plays. Neither is it possible to identify the inner structure of the plays by applying scholarly methods based on aesthetic or linguistic criteria. It is possible, however, to enhance the "visibility" of the inner design of Shakespeare's plays by constructing a "contrast" play. Such a play would employ some of Shakespeare's characters and episodes. It would be based on an ordinary, simplistic, and moralistic theme; its action would follow a linear thinking pattern and psychological realism; it would contain a number of Shakespeare's symbols, but used at random. In other words, the play would be purposely sterilized by removing its inner content. Such a play would have to be written, at least partially, as beautifully as Shakespeare's plays. In this way the sterile content would be packaged in an attractive but meaningless container. Such a container would be decipherable by scholarly or intellectual inquiry: it would be accepted as one of Shakespeare's works. It turns out that such a sterilized play was purposely constructed. Its title is "The Two Noble Kinsmen." Its purpose was to demonstrate that the evolutionary progress achieved over the time span of several spiritual millennia belongs to the subtle areas of the human mind and is not detectable by ordinary intellectual, artistic, or scientific methods. The series "Shakespeare for the Seeker" consists of four volumes. Volume 4 presents the analysis of "Twelfth Night," "Measure for Measure," "Hamlet," "The Tempest," "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "The Two Noble Kinsmen." No prior reading of the plays is needed to follow this analysis.

For the first time the symbolic meaning of Shakespeare's plays is described. Each of Shakespeare's plays is part of a whole. All of the plays are interlinked. Together they form a narrative that describes the most recent episodes of human evolution. It is a fascinating story that illustrates how European civilization was designed, directed, and implemented. This process includes many experiences, which sometimes may seem comical, sometimes may be perceived as tragic. Nevertheless, all these experiences have to be encountered and they are unavoidable; they are part of an evolutionary process. Each of these experiences is a preparation for other ones; in all cases they lead to a constructive outcome. The series "Shakespeare for the Seeker" includes four volumes. Volume 1 presents the analysis of the History plays, the Roman tetralogy, and the Celtic trilogy.

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